Triple

T16242008
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Douglas-Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton E394270 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Douglas-Hamilton
Douglas-Hamilton is a Scottish noble family name historically associated with the Dukes of Hamilton and other prominent aristocratic lineages.
E1201941 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Douglas-Hamilton | Statement: [William Douglas-Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton, familyName, Douglas-Hamilton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas-Hamilton
Context triple: [William Douglas-Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton, familyName, Douglas-Hamilton]
  • A. Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton
    Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, was a prominent Scottish nobleman, aviator, and politician known for his pioneering long-distance flights and controversial involvement in Rudolf Hess's 1941 flight to Britain during World War II.
  • B. Douglas Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton
    Douglas Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton, was a 19th-century Scottish peer and nobleman who held one of Scotland’s premier dukedoms and was prominent in the British aristocracy of his time.
  • C. William Douglas-Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton
    William Douglas-Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and peer who held one of the highest-ranking titles in the Scottish aristocracy during a period of significant political upheaval.
  • D. Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton
    Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton was an 18th-century Scottish peer and nobleman who held one of Scotland’s premier dukedoms and played a prominent role in the aristocratic society of his time.
  • E. Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton
    Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton, is a Scottish peer and hereditary nobleman who holds the premier dukedom in the Peerage of Scotland and serves as the current head of the historic Hamilton family.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Douglas-Hamilton
Triple: [William Douglas-Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton, familyName, Douglas-Hamilton]
Generated description
Douglas-Hamilton is a Scottish noble family name historically associated with the Dukes of Hamilton and other prominent aristocratic lineages.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas-Hamilton
Target entity description: Douglas-Hamilton is a Scottish noble family name historically associated with the Dukes of Hamilton and other prominent aristocratic lineages.
  • A. Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton
    Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, was a prominent Scottish nobleman, aviator, and politician known for his pioneering long-distance flights and controversial involvement in Rudolf Hess's 1941 flight to Britain during World War II.
  • B. Douglas Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton
    Douglas Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton, was a 19th-century Scottish peer and nobleman who held one of Scotland’s premier dukedoms and was prominent in the British aristocracy of his time.
  • C. William Douglas-Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton
    William Douglas-Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and peer who held one of the highest-ranking titles in the Scottish aristocracy during a period of significant political upheaval.
  • D. Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton
    Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton was an 18th-century Scottish peer and nobleman who held one of Scotland’s premier dukedoms and played a prominent role in the aristocratic society of his time.
  • E. Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton
    Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton, is a Scottish peer and hereditary nobleman who holds the premier dukedom in the Peerage of Scotland and serves as the current head of the historic Hamilton family.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69d87f2171208190951025e526947816 completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e2455eeb4c81909066a8af78329ef3 completed April 17, 2026, 2:36 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a000edf64a88190a9dd0c591c742977 completed May 10, 2026, 4:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00108174ac8190b3c421b115b7190e completed May 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0010f40d6081909927e8281ab17580 completed May 10, 2026, 5 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:04 a.m.